Ed Martin – Texas on the Potomachttps://blog.chron.com/txpotomac
Washington news with a Texas accentMon, 16 Nov 2015 20:28:37 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4Rick Perry campaigns in Missouri — but far from Newt Gingrich and Todd Akinhttps://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/09/rick-perry-campaigns-in-missouri-but-far-from-newt-and-todd-akin/
https://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/09/rick-perry-campaigns-in-missouri-but-far-from-newt-and-todd-akin/#respondTue, 25 Sep 2012 15:11:57 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=44689https://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/09/rick-perry-campaigns-in-missouri-but-far-from-newt-and-todd-akin/feed/0Lawsuit alleges Texas congressional redistricting plan discriminates against Latinos, African Americanshttps://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/lawsuit-alleges-texas-congressional-redistricting-plan-discriminates-against-latinos-african-americans/
https://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/lawsuit-alleges-texas-congressional-redistricting-plan-discriminates-against-latinos-african-americans/#respondSat, 16 Jul 2011 17:09:20 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=16079Texas Democrats filed another redistricting lawsuit today, claiming the Republican-backed congressional redistricting map violates the Voting Rights Act by denying minority voters a fair share of the state's new congressional representation. The case was brought by state Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, who says that "90 percent of the growth has been minority and to show that you can make a map that is a lot more reflective of that."]]>https://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/lawsuit-alleges-texas-congressional-redistricting-plan-discriminates-against-latinos-african-americans/feed/0Congressional redistricting is going nowhere in the Texas legislaturehttps://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/congressional-redistricting-is-going-nowhere-in-the-texas-legislature/
https://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/congressional-redistricting-is-going-nowhere-in-the-texas-legislature/#respondMon, 23 May 2011 14:00:15 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=10522
With the Texas legislative session winding down, the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting concedes that lawmakers probably will not get congressional redistricting finished. "Can we get it out of the Legislature? Probably not," said Sen. Kel Seliger.
Redistricting insiders say that one of the reasons for not having a map yet is because of disagreement among Republicans about where to draw the four new congressional districts.]]>https://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/congressional-redistricting-is-going-nowhere-in-the-texas-legislature/feed/0